v3 Chapter 1137： The Hong Kong Film Market has changed

After the failed sniper of "Blade Runner", all major Hollywood studios knew that "Alien E·T" was unstoppable and the lion's power was unstoppable.

Fortunately, the film companies can only postpone the release of the main film recently released.

Their choice is extremely beneficial to MGM Pictures. In the absence of a good movie in the same period, the audience naturally rushed to watch the movie "Alien E·T".

In addition, MGM Pictures has once again cooperated with some positive theaters, and the number of theaters in North America alone has reached more than 1,250.

This made "Alien E·T" the weekend box office champion in production and refreshed the box office height, and the global box office reached a new high in the second week.

Reached $84.69 million!

The total box office in two weeks has reached 158.23 million US dollars.

Because the publicity is done by itself, the cost is lower and the box office share is higher.

Not to mention that Universal Cinemas is the largest screening party, and profits are left-handed to right-handed.

So in fact, the cost of investment in filming and the cost of publicity has long been earned back, and a certain amount of profit has been obtained.

The box office behind is pure profit!

Historically, the total North American box office of the movie "Alien E·T" was US$360 million, and the global total box office was more than US$792 million.

However, the production cost of "Alien E·T" in this life is more than 20 million US dollars, and the power of publicity is more powerful.

Therefore, it is absolutely not a problem to go beyond the original trajectory, and it is easy to break through 800 million US dollars.

This means that in the future, "Alien E·T" will be able to earn more than 450 million US dollars in net profit for Xia Yu at the box office.

Coupled with the value of various copyrights, creating a value of 600 million US dollars is absolutely not a problem!

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In the following days, "Alien E·T" continued to be released hotly, but in Xiangjiang, the Shaw Brothers Film Company became a laughing stock, because after the box office of "Blade Runner" plummeted, it really couldn't get up.

As for Shaw Brothers’ losses, many media have probably estimated them. Not mentioning the hidden reputation and future losses, the loss of cash alone exceeds HK$130 million.

It is equivalent to losing the net profit of one of the top 100 listed companies of Hong Kong!

Soon, there was another breaking news that the Shao family was ready to completely accept the plant and quit the film industry, intending to sell the Shaw Brothers Film Company and the Shaw Cinemas.

This news is really breaking news, and many people are unbelievable. The former overlord of the Hong Kong film industry, the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which has made outstanding contributions to the Hong Kong film industry, is going to disappear?

Who will spend the huge assets of the Shaw Brothers Film Company and the Shaw Cinemas?

What will the structure of the Hong Kong film market become?

For a time, discussions on these issues became very intense.

In this case, Wu Siyuan and Jiang Xieqiang once again joined Xia Yu's office.

Xia Yu reads the newspaper every day, so of course he is also clear about the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Looking at Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang sitting in front of them, Xia Yu smiled and asked: "What? Do you have any thoughts on the Shaw Brothers Film Company and the Shaw Cinemas?"

Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang looked at each other, and both smiled awkwardly.

Wu Siyuan gently patted Xia Yu's flattery and said: "Chairman Yingming, we really can't hide anything from you!"

Xia Yu laughed dumbly, and said with a smile: "Don't give me these empty heads, talk about things."

"Can you be 100% sure that the Shao family is ready to quit?"

Wu Siyuan looked at Jiang Zhiqiang, he did the inquiring about the news, and he knew better.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded and said: "Chairman, the news is certain. It was Shao Yifu's son Shao Weiming who personally released the news. I asked others to call and ask, Shao Weiming also admitted on the phone."

"It's impossible for Shao Weiming to joke about this kind of thing, and no one from the Shao family came forward to refute the rumors."

"Moreover, the quality of the films produced by the Shaw Brothers Film Company in the past two years is indeed not high, and the probability of other film companies showing excellent films is not high. Therefore, the Shaw Cinemas are basically operating on a guaranteed basis.

"This time the Shaw Brothers Film Company lost more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, and the Shao family is still increasing its shareholding in TVB. There is not much money left to invest in the film company, and banks may not dare to lend them. "

"I think the Shao family is going to retreat to TVB and prepare to concentrate resources to compete with President Huang in the TV field."

Xia Yu smiled and nodded, seeming to agree with Jiang Zhiqiang's analysis.

In fact, under the competition between Jiahe Film Company and New Art City Film Company in the previous life, the Shaw Brothers Film Company was unable to handle it. Yifu Shaw later leased the Shaw Theater Line to Pan Disheng. Although the Shaw Brothers Film Company did not Production was discontinued, but after 1985, even one film a year could not be stable. After entering the 1990s, it was not making films for several years.

Although under the influence of Xia Yu in this life, Lei Juekun did not set foot in the film industry, Huang Baiming and Mecca were in Universal Television and Galaxy Films respectively, so New Art City Films did not appear.

And Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were also compiled by Galaxy Film Company, so Debao Film Company did not appear.

However, Xia Yu's Galaxy Film Company is a giant, and the pressure on Shaw Brothers Film Company is greater than the pressure on the joint production of Sega He Film Company + Xinyicheng Film Company + Debao Film Company.

And also let Shao Yifu not see the day of his early days.

In addition, Xia Yu's Global Satellite TV created strong pressure on TVB in the TV field, making Shao's funds very tight.

Therefore, Shao Yifu's decisive choice to withdraw from the film market makes sense.

"So do you want to acquire the Shaw Brothers Film Company and the Shaw Cinemas separately? Or a partial acquisition?"

Xia Yu asked with a smile.

Wu Siyuan first said: "Chairman, I want to buy the Shaw Brothers Film Company in its entirety."

"Although we currently have Xiangjiang Culture and Media School to provide talents, it takes a long time to cultivate talents. The performance talents are better, but it is difficult to cultivate talents behind the scenes."

"Although the Shaw Brothers Film Company has been poached by us and Jiahe Film Company, its background is still very deep. If we can take all of these people over, then our annual production of films will be doubled. The quality of the film There will also be a certain degree of improvement."

"Now that the Xiangjiang film market is described as a super-two strong structure, we are the super overlord. The Shaw Brothers Film Company and Jiahe Film Company are first-class powerhouses, and then other second- and third-rate film companies."

"I think if we don’t take over, if the Shaw Brothers Film Company falls into Wrinkle’s hands, it will narrow the gap with us. Then there will be greater competitive pressure. Our rear is unstable. If we want to fully break out of the Asian market, There will be some unstable constraints."

"So let's just eat it, and completely stabilize our dominance."

"Yes, there is one more thing, that is, the Shaw Brothers Film Company has the largest film library in Hong Kong. I think this is a huge asset, and it may be used at any time."

"These are my reasons."

Xia Yu nodded slightly but he did not immediately express his position, but looked at Jiang Zhiqiang with a slight smile.

"Xeon, what was your original intention to acquire the Shaw Cinemas? Will the Shaw Cinemas overlap with the Global Cinemas?"

Jiang Zhiqiang replied truthfully: "Chairman, now the Shaw Cinemas has 16 self-operated cinemas in Hong Kong, and there are more than 130 self-operated cinemas in Southeast Asia. In addition, the distribution network is involved. More than two hundred movie theaters are the second largest movie theater after us."

"There must be some overlaps in locations, but because the Shaw Theater line was laid out earlier, there are many theaters in very good locations. Even if we overlap with them, we are not afraid."

"The Asian film market is growing rapidly every year. The number of cinemas is currently sufficient for the time being, but it will not be enough in the future. According to the plan of the global cinema chain, the future is to continue to build or acquire movie theaters to expand the scale, so we are now acquiring Shao ahead The theater line is not bad, and it can be done in one step."

"As for another consideration, it is the same as Mr. Wu's. As the second largest theater chain after us, the Shaw Cinemas, if taken away by Jiahe Film Company, their unexpected profits in Xiangjiang will increase sharply. It is also a big trouble for us."

"Even if it is not acquired by Jiahe Films, but acquired by other Ren, it is also a very unstable factor."

"It's better to be acquired by us to completely stabilize the dominance of the Asian film market!"

"Chairman, this is my reason."

After speaking, both Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Siyuan looked at Xia Yu with scorching eyes, waiting for his order.

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